I have heard from General Stoneman. He did not break the lower railroad, but burned a bridge over the Chattahoochee near Newnan. He will be in to-night, and I have ordered General Blair to move for Roswell to-morrow. You may, therefore, make all preparati
Read MoreFrom Colonel Abram O. Miller to Captain Robert P. Kennedy – July 15, 1864
In compliance with orders received from the general commanding on the previous evening my command was up and ready to move at 3.30 a. m., and at the first dawn of day I moved out in foot. After passing through the town of Roswell, I moved the Seventeenth
Read MoreFrom General Joseph E. Johnston to General Samuel Cooper – July 14, 1864
General Wheeler reports Dodge’s corps, with two brigades of cavalry, on this side of the river near Roswell, and Howard’s and Schofield’s corps also on this side, intrenched midway between Roswell and the railroad. A body of Federal cavalry crossed the ri
Read MoreFrom Major General William T. Sherman to Major General James B. McPherson – July 14, 1864
General Blair reports a movement of cavalry down the river on the other side all last night, drawn there doubtless by Stoneman’s and Rousseau’s movement. Let General Garrard feel out strong and disturb those that are left.
W. T. SHERMAN,
Major-Gener
From Brigadier General John S. Williams to Major E. S. Burford – July 14, 1864
Assistant Adjutant-General, Wheeler’s Corps:
MAJOR: Scouts from beyond the river report heavy masses of the enemy’s infantry lying between the railroad and the Johnson’s Ferry road. They say there is no infantry above the Johnson’s Ferry road. The enem